Within
the smallest magnetite grains are regions that have their own individual magnetizations and work like a tape recorder.
There are two main theoretical models, one based on
small magnetite particles that may reorient in an external magnetic field and the other based on the idea that upon photo excitation a certain type of molecules in the eye of a bird support a radical pair formed by two electrons which evolve under the joint action of the Zeeman interaction with the external magnetic field and the hyperfine interaction with the supporting molecule.
Not exact matches
Magnetospirillum cells contain a number of
small particles of
magnetite (Fe3O4), each approx. 45 nanometers wide.
Sometimes several metal atoms on
magnetite form
small clusters.
The researchers engineered nanoparticle complexes containing
small amounts of ropivacaine and the iron oxide mineral
magnetite.
They think the skill may be related to
small particles of
magnetite, an iron oxide, located in two masses of nerve tissue in the forward part of the lobsters» bodies.
«It is only in a
small part of naturally occurring
magnetite that magnetic structures known for being very stable with respect to temperature fluctuations are found,» explains Dr. Trevor Almeida of Imperial College London.
«
Magnetite is found in
small quantities in certain bacteria, in brains of some birds and insects, and even in humans,» commented Yang Ding, the study's lead author with the Carnegie - led High - Pressure Synergetic Consortium.